light on warning chime/door chime

[yanceychadric]

i have a 2001 tahoe lt 5.3 i have an aftermarket radio and a viper alarm. i just noticed that my door chime is not chimming and i left my lights on and the chime didnt warn me. any suggestions why the chim is not working. thanks

 

[rockenthebowtie]

Thats because the chimes sounds thru the driver door speaker so chances are when the aftermarket stereo was installed it was canceled out

 

[yanceychadric]

Ok cool I will check later today. I just hoping it wasn't a major electric problem.thanks for your reply

 

[rockenthebowtie]

De nada

 

[yanceychadric]

Good day friend.question. my aftermarket radio dims when I turn on my master headlight switch. Any thoughts why.thanks

 

[rockenthebowtie]

Well for the most part its designed to do that because and when the headlamps switch is used it most likely to be done when theres less light out so you don't need the same amount of illumination at night as you would during the day

 

[yanceychadric]

i hope you dont mind my questions. i just got this tahoe that needs some work, just trying to figure out stuff without spending an arm and a leg at the dealer. next question lol. i guess a have these marker lights that are on all day. i have new bulbs. but only one marker light comes on but when its darker the head lamps and both markers are on. how come the one marker is on but both on when head lamps are on

 

[rockenthebowtie]

Well not sure what your referring to as far as the marker lamps... are they the clear or amber ones.. you do have what are called DRLs Day Time Running lights those are the clear ones that are below the head lamps and the amber ones that are more towards the front conner of the vehicle...

 

[yanceychadric]

Yes its the middle light under head lights

 

[rockenthebowtie]

Well something is wrong there the DRLs should only be on during the day not at night or when the head lamps are on.. let me see if I can find some info on that for you in the mean time what you can do is remove the bulb from the socket that isn't working and look into the socket where the bulb goes you will see the electrical terminals get a thin pick or screw driver and tighen them by bringing them closer together so that they make better contact with the bulb terminals

 

[rockenthebowtie]

At this point by looking at schematics my guess is going to be the installation of the aftermarket alarm something in the way it was hooked up is causing the DRLs and headlights to come on at the same time

 

[yanceychadric]

ok. everythingis ok. i think the socket needs to be replaced its all corroded inside. so i will replace soon

 

[rockenthebowtie]

Ok.. cool..

 

[yanceychadric]

hello friend. i have a question. i want to put 24'' or 26'' rims on my tahoe. if i do, do i need to drive in tow/haul drive or just regular drive

 

[rockenthebowtie]

regular drive is fine you do need to get the EBCM re-calibrated to those size tires though

 

[yanceychadric]

I just drove and tested the tow/haul button. The trucl drives weird. First gear the truck jerks when it switches. And second doesn't even switch. But when I drive regular. I have no problems everything is smooth